Blog NFU Scotland has today (16 June) joined fellow UK farming unions in celebrating the decision taken by UK Farming Unions to establish an office in Brussels in 1972 to represent the interests of UK farmers and growers.
16/06/2022
News NFU Scotland has welcomed an announcement from Scottish Government that it is to bring forward the timetable for crucial support payments by almost a month and provide cash flow certainty before the Highland Show.
16/06/2022
News The Scottish Land Matching Service (SLMS) will be holding ‘drop-in’ sessions on the NFU Scotland/NFU Mutual stand at this year’s Royal Highland Show from 2pm-4pm on Thursday 23 and Friday 24 June. Having been established in October 2019, this is the first time the SLMS will have attended the Royal Highland Show.
15/06/2022
Blog As the 22 June deadline for pesticide users to register their details with Defra approaches, NFU Scotland’s Environmental Resources Policy Manager Sarah Cowie considers what this means for NFU Scotland members.
15/06/2022
News NFU Scotland North East region’s annual Joe Watson testimonial event returns this Saturday (18 June) at Fettercairn Showfield, East Bridgend Park, Fettercairn, by kind permission of Messrs. D.M. Carnegie.
14/06/2022
News The Royal Highland Show, which is celebrating its 200th anniversary, will take place at Ingliston, just outside Edinburgh, from Thursday 23 June to Sunday 26 June.
14/06/2022
Blog At the end of May I had the exciting and unique opportunity to visit the isles of Skye and North Uist with NFU Scotland’s Highland Regional Board to learn about the role of crofting and island life.
14/06/2022
News An NFU Scotland delegation yesterday (8 June) completed a cross-party lobbying trip to the Scottish Parliament to highlight the critical issues impacting farmers and crofters to politicians.
09/06/2022
News The dreadful conflict in Ukraine, and its impact on farmers in the war-ravaged country struck a deep chord with NFU Scotland members at an on-farm meeting hosted by Mertoun Farm Estates at St Boswells last week.
08/06/2022
News NFU Scotland has welcomed the news that the latest Scottish Government statistics show a fall in agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
07/06/2022